https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/new-clothes-are-awesome-but-nothing-makes-me-crazier-than Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sat, 16 May 2026 00:03:06 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/new-clothes-are-awesome-but-nothing-makes-me-crazier-than#post-402652 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 21:46:59 +0000 Aida 402652@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Also with Mary and Beth. I have a PILE of returns to make, hopefully this weekend; they're making me crazy! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/new-clothes-are-awesome-but-nothing-makes-me-crazier-than#post-402550 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 19:43:51 +0000 Beth 402550@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm with Mary. It's the looking at the boxes on the kitchen table, and trying to remember to get back to the store, and keeping track of receipts that makes me nuts. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/new-clothes-are-awesome-but-nothing-makes-me-crazier-than#post-402532 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 19:26:31 +0000 catgirl 402532@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Totally agree. However, my in-store shopping opportunities are limited, so that's the price I pay. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/new-clothes-are-awesome-but-nothing-makes-me-crazier-than#post-402444 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 17:49:51 +0000 Mo 402444@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Elisabeth, I'm right there with you. Sometimes my B&amp;M mistakes are because I feel if I don't get it right then, I will lose out and it will be gone. If I'm on the fence, and it is on sale I am more likely to bring it home and then debate on it. For the online purchases, I just hate dealing with the post office lines and paying to ship it back </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/new-clothes-are-awesome-but-nothing-makes-me-crazier-than#post-402399 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 16:22:05 +0000 Aziraphale 402399@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>If I bought things online, I would expect to have to return things -- there's no way around it, really. But I always buy my clothes from brick-and-mortar shops. So if I come home with something that's not right, I'm always kicking myself because I tried the thing on in the shop, and why did I not notice it was 'off' at the time? And now I have to waste my time returning to the shop when I should have been more careful in the first place!</p> <p>This only ever happens when I buy items I don't love. I should really stick with the "if in doubt, go without" rule, and I'd never have to make a return trip! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/new-clothes-are-awesome-but-nothing-makes-me-crazier-than#post-402379 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 15:45:25 +0000 rae 402379@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I usually return online purchases, so I have next to zero stress about it. Waiting for my account to be credited is not the most fun ever, but it's better to have tried the item and failed than to forever wonder what might have been. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/new-clothes-are-awesome-but-nothing-makes-me-crazier-than#post-402377 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 15:43:05 +0000 MsMary 402377@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I just returned more than half of my NAS purchases last night so this is a timely post for me! Turns out the thing I hate is not the actual process of returning something, but the lead-up where I have the purchases hanging around the house, and I'm worrying about when I'm going to find the time to schlepp to the store, and worrying about whether I have the receipt, and just a lot of general angst. </p> <p>I feel MUCH better now that it's all taken care of! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/new-clothes-are-awesome-but-nothing-makes-me-crazier-than#post-402375 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 15:40:22 +0000 yellowgirl 402375@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm a serial returner, too! I have no qualms about it whatsoever. I like to be happy with my purchases, and if I'm not, I don't hesitate to take it back. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/new-clothes-are-awesome-but-nothing-makes-me-crazier-than#post-402371 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 15:31:54 +0000 Di 402371@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yep, I hate making returns, too. I did it just yesterday. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/new-clothes-are-awesome-but-nothing-makes-me-crazier-than#post-402360 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 15:18:24 +0000 Carole 402360@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm with you, it feels like you just wasted hours and hours if precious time! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/new-clothes-are-awesome-but-nothing-makes-me-crazier-than#post-402298 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 13:56:27 +0000 morethanbeige 402298@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I always get a little nervous when I have a *massive* number of purchases and I know that some of them will be returned. For instance, when I was looking for white boot-cut jeans, I purchased about 5 pairs at once. I always feel better when the *extras* are returned. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/new-clothes-are-awesome-but-nothing-makes-me-crazier-than#post-402293 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 13:33:15 +0000 Kelly 402293@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm not crazy about returning things, because anything I buy is online (so there are often shipping charges both ways) or at least 40 minutes away (I live in a small town). However, I will sometimes order things online when there are free or low-cost shipping specials and then return them to the store. Sometimes I will buy something at the store and get home and then realize it is not right for me but those times are fewer and far between than they used to be. If I am on vacation somewhere, I have to be very sure about what I am buying because obviously I can't return it when I get back home. If I am on the fence about something in-store, I will tell myself if I am still thinking about it later on, I can always order it online if I love it that much. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/new-clothes-are-awesome-but-nothing-makes-me-crazier-than#post-402273 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 12:26:43 +0000 Queen Mum 402273@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don't mind it at all, and I don't feel the need to apologize for it.... if stores wouldn't use those darned skinny mirrors and trick lighting, I probably wouldn't have bought it in the first place. Yes, I'm even looking at you, Nordstrom.<br /> Being a list ticker, it feels satisfying to return something and be able to mentally (or physically) check it off of my list of "to-do-today". </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/new-clothes-are-awesome-but-nothing-makes-me-crazier-than#post-402266 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 12:18:31 +0000 nancylee 402266@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Returning massive amounts of items has become so much a part of my life (especially since I discovered YLF!), I hardly think about it anymore. It's a hassle, true, but I see it as the cost of having a great wardrobe. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/new-clothes-are-awesome-but-nothing-makes-me-crazier-than#post-402263 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 11:48:46 +0000 cheryle (Dianthus) 402263@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I rarely return things even if they are mistakes. I usually procrastinate for too long and then can't find my receipt or I wear the piece once before realizing it is a bust. </p> <p>I don't like to return things which may be why I delay. I bought a pair of leggings a year or two ago and they pilled at the thighs the first time I wore them. I took them back and the SA told me it was because my thighs were heavy (not the exact words). I suggested it was the fabric quality. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/new-clothes-are-awesome-but-nothing-makes-me-crazier-than#post-402231 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 07:53:53 +0000 Polly (thunalata) 402231@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm a serial returner! It makes me feel good to return things because I feel I'm not wasting money on something that isn't perfect.</p> <p>The problem is, I'm better at finding reasons to return something than at finding perfect clothes! Lol! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/new-clothes-are-awesome-but-nothing-makes-me-crazier-than#post-402221 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 06:52:50 +0000 Fruitful 402221@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>As one of the non-North-Americans Laura mentions, having to (try to) make a return makes me scared </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/new-clothes-are-awesome-but-nothing-makes-me-crazier-than#post-402218 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 06:23:23 +0000 AJ 402218@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don't mind returning because as Laura mentioned, it means that I'm taking the time to make sure my money is being spent on what I luv. Plus, since I'm right there at the shops anyways, I might as well have another look around. : P </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/new-clothes-are-awesome-but-nothing-makes-me-crazier-than#post-402203 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 05:25:23 +0000 Laura (rhubarbgirl) 402203@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Call me crazy, but I enjoy it. OK, maybe not the having to make a trip I wouldn't have to have done otherwise, but I like the feeling of making the correct decision...and getting money back, even though that's irrational since it's money I'd already spent. </p> <p>Now, waiting in line, dealing with the paperwork, I'm not so much of a fan of. </p> <p>Based on what our non-North-American ladies have said, they'd love to have our options for returning! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/new-clothes-are-awesome-but-nothing-makes-me-crazier-than#post-402198 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 05:10:47 +0000 Aziraphale 402198@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>...having to make a return.</p> <p>I enjoy shopping. Or, correction, I enjoy going to the shops and returning with new things I can't wait to wear. (Returning empty-handed is a bummer). But if there's one thing I hate hate hate, it's having to return something that is not right. Especially since I was in the store and tried it on! </p> <p>A little irrational, or do others feel this way? </p>